Strategic management
CIMA Strategic scorecard™: boards engaging in strategy
Category: Executive reportsPDF 503Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 30/03/2007
The CIMA Strategic ScorecardTM: boards engaging in strategy demonstrates how the scorecard can be used as a tool to bring all your strategic information together in a summarised and consistent format. This will assist your board in balancing time spent on strategy and time spent on governance issues. The report outlines what the scorecard is and how you can adopt one in your own organisation, including a suggested methodology and tools and techniques to assist with implementation.
Improving decision making in organisations
Category: Executive reportsPDF 122Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 24/09/2007
Based on case studies, experiences and opinions gathered from members of the CIMA 'Improving decision making in organisations' forum. Discusses how improving decision making could become the key to superior business performance. Shows how leading businesses have benefitted from finance transformation and improved the efficiency of their finance and accounting operations, to improve decision making across the business.
CIMA Strategic scorecard™: boards engaging in strategy – executive summary
Category: Executive reportsPDF 399Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 30/03/2007
The CIMA Strategic ScorecardTM: boards engaging in strategy demonstrates how the scorecard can be used as a tool to bring all your strategic information together in a summarised and consistent format. This will assist your board in balancing time spent on strategy and time spent on governance issues. This executive summary will help you understand the basic concept and approach of the scorecard.
The private finance initiative in the NHS
Category: Research executive summariesPDF 30Kb
Author: J Broadbent, J Gill, R Laughlin, University of London
Publication date: 20/05/2004
Provides a brief overview of a research report on the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), with particular emphasis on the NHS, to help improve understanding and practice of PFI decision processes.
Exploring intellectual capital practice in the Irish ICT sector
Category: Research executive summariesPDF 48.8Kb
Author: P O'Regan, T Kennedy, D O'Donnell, N Bontis and P Cleary
Publication date: 30/05/2004
The findings from a study of Irish SME's in the information and communications technology sector in an attempt to contour management, governance and reporting practice in relation to intellectual capital.
The CIMA Strategic scorecard
Category: Discussion papersPDF 197Kb
Author: CIMA
Publication date: 21/03/2005
This discussion paper, released in 2005, provides an overview of the CIMA Strategic Scorecard, a tool to help bring together your organisation's strategic information to allow the appropriate balance of time spent on strategy and governance. The paper was released to stimulate debate on the concept of the scorecard. We have now developed this further with the release of an executive report.
PFI in the NHS Research Full Report
Category: Research full reportsPDF 12Kb
Author: J Broadbent & R Laughlin
Consolidation in the SEM/corporate performance management (CPM) technology sector
Category: Technical reportsPDF 18Kb
Author: CIMA Technical Services
Publication date: 09/03/2004
This market report, provides an update on consolidation in the SEM/Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Technology Sector. It also presents the CIMA view of the SEM/CPM mergers and acquisitions in the sector.
CIMA strategic enterprise management (SEM) - improving decision making in your organisation
Category: Technical reportsPDF 18Kb
Author: CIMA Technical Services
Publication date: 30/06/2003
CIMA Strategic Enterprise Management aims to help organisations create the proactive finance function that is needed to lead the creation and long term sustainment of stakeholder value in private and public sector organisations. This report considers the development of management accounting tools and techniques and new enterprise technologies that can support better decision-making.
Maximising shareholder value: achieving clarity in decision-making
Category: Technical reportsPDF 162Kb
Author: Starovic, Danka; Cooper, Stuart; Davis, Matt
Publication date: 10/01/2005
A new technical report that describes some of the ways used to define, measure and pursue shareholder value in listed companies. Its main focus is a management approach commonly known as value-based management (VBM).
VBM is defined as “a management process which effectively links strategy, measurement and operational processes to the end of creating shareholder value.” The report looks at each of these elements in turn and describes how they link into a comprehensive philosophy of management.
